There are consistent factors that make corruption possible in our law enforcement agencies (Newburn & Webb, 1999). Discretion can be an important factor. Discretion allows law enforcement to make their own decisions about whether to apply the law in different situations. This provides the opportunity for their decision to be influenced for personal gain rather than to make a professional decision (Newburn & Webb, 1999). Another part of discretion that can lead to corruption is the battle between internal and external goals for the police. Discretion is not the only thing that is very important, but so is police work (Newburn & Webb, 1999). Other constant factors are “low managerial visibility, peer group secrecy, managerial secrecy, and association with police officers in contact with offenders” (Newburn & Webb, 1999, p.17). Another factor is low public visibility because the public doesn't do much of what the police do. Status issues are a constant factor because police are said to not be paid as much as the authority they command. Newburn and Webb (1999) state that there are not only constant factors that come into play, but there are also variable factors such as “community structure, organizational characteristics, legal opportunities for corruption, control of corruption, social organization of corruption and, lastly, moral cynicism”. " (p.